This collection of guides can help you address all sorts of issues in your writing. These guides span a variety of topics, and can help you identify the areas you can address on your own, or that you'd like more help with!
Writing guides from our center
Punctuation Handout (unavailable)
A printable document with examples of common punctuation usage.
Helpful websites
Interactive Grammar Exercises You Can Do on the Web
Guide to Grammar and Writing Includes many exercises arranged by topic-these are more difficult exercises than most.
Guide to Grammar and Style Searchable site built by a professor that provides rules, tips, and style help.
The Writing Den A high quality Web page with exercises and thought-provoking topics to write on. Each topic includes three difficulty levels, professionally narrated RealAudio files, graphics, and quizzes.
Quizzes and Tests
Self-Study Quizzes Over 500 self-tests and study quizzes over reading, trivia, culture, sports, writing, grammar, homonyms, idioms, phrasal verbs & slangs, scrambled words, and vocabulary.
The Purdue Owl (Online Writing Lab) Great site-lots of exercises to do and things to download. Make sure you check out the home page and the HUGE list of links.
Internet TESL Journal Literally thousands of quizzes, interactive activities and even podcasts to help ESL students. Under the HTML-Only tab, there are some particularly helpful resources, especially the Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, and Slang section.
Cool Stuff!
Welcome to SchMOOze! University If you're familiar with the MUD/MOO environment, telnet into Schmooze U and chat. It's dedicated to ESL issues and focused on cross-cultural communications.